Practicing With Gravity

This practice explores gravity as a quiet support for mindfulness.

In this practice we bring attention to the simple fact of being held. Through awareness of weight, contact, breath, feet, hands, and the ground beneath us, we are invited to experience gravity not as heaviness, but as steadiness.

Gravity reminds us that the body does not have to hold itself up through effort alone. The chair, floor, and earth are already offering support. As the practice unfolds, we explore softening unnecessary tension, receiving the ground beneath us, and allowing gravity to gently bring us back to this moment — this body, this breath, this place. Gravity will always bring us home.

Transcript

Gravity is strong enough to hold us safely here. Keeping our feet on the ground, Holding the oceans in place, And keeping a breathable atmosphere wrapped around the planet. But it's also gentle enough that we can move, Breathe, Walk, Lift our arms, Grow tall and live with a sense of freedom. Gravity can remind us that the body is already being held. In practice we can notice the contact between the body and the chair, The floor or the ground. And allow ourselves to receive that support. Mindfulness practice is not always about trying harder or reaching for a particular state. And gravity invites us to soften downwards, Releasing some of the tension, Bracing or holding. That may be present in the body. Feeling the weight of the body can be a simple anchor for awareness. The sense of being grounded can help us return to this moment, To this breath and this body and this place. So adopting a position now that for you represents dignity, Openness and groundedness. And maybe tuning into any sense of settling. Of the weight of the body drawing downwards. Just tuning in and noticing what's here for you. Scanning the body now for an anchor point. Maybe the feet or the seat or the hands. Perhaps just tuning in to the rise and fall of the breath. Noticing any tension in the body. Just seeing if it's possible to release that tension to gravity. And again just tuning in to any sense of settling. Any feeling of a gathering of weight? Just giving yourself up to gravity. Maybe just noticing the weight in the hands and the feet. Knowing there's nothing you need to do. Just letting gravity take its effect. Maybe noticing any feeling of letting go on the output. And as you rest here now in this body, Just offering a few spotlights for your attention. This body resting in relationship with the earth. Meeting gravity, Not as heaviness. A bit of steadiness. Just allowing the ground to receive what the body is ready to release. Letting the weight of the hands remind you that you are here. Letting the feeling of the feet remind you that you are supported. And for the last few moments of this practice. Just allowing gravity to do what it's always done. Bring you hope. Inviting you now to return your attention to the body. Maybe taking a couple of deep breaths. And inviting you now as we bring this short practice to a close to bring this sense of solidness, Supportedness, These themes of gravity. Into the next moments of your day.